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Lean Leadership and other Management Courses

InstructorLawrence M. Miller Best selling Udemy instructor in the category.Author of 10 booksHe has appeared on the Today Show, CNN, made numerous appearances on CNBC, has written for The New York Times and been the subject of a feature story in Industry Week magazine. He was recently the subject of articles in Fast Company and […]

Seven/ Eight Types of Wastes TIMWOOD

What is Waste?Waste is anything that does not add value to the existing process. We should avoid waste not only to reduce cost but also it increases the long-term performance of a process. Seven Types of Wastes (TIM WOOD)I suggest that you keep in mind TIM WOOD (the acronym for the seven types of wastes) […]

Poka Yoke, Fool Proofing or the Mistake Proofing

What is Poka-yoke? Shigeo Shingo advocated the concept of zero quality control by arguing that inspection processes or the use of statistical control should be completely eliminated. He believes that quality should be controlled at the source of the problem and not after the problem has manifested itself. He recommends that inspection should be incorporated […]

5 Key Philosophies Behind Lean

The Philosophy Behind Lean: Lean is based on following five principles. Create value. Specify what creates value from customer’s perspective. You need to understand what is important to the customer. Value stream. Identify all the value processes along the process chain. This is where Lean looks at reducing the non-value added processes from the work. […]

History of Lean

The concept of lean manufacturing goes back to the year 1900 when Frederick Taylor set up the system of motion study, and standardization of work processes. That was the time you could say that the foundation of modern lean was put in place. Later on in the 1920s – 1930s Henry Ford used the concept […]

Benefits of Six Sigma and Lean

Obviously, you can see that benefit of both of these, Six Sigma and Lean is to make the customer happy. Six Sigma generates sustained success. Anything which you have improved in the process is going to give you a repeated benefit. For example, if you reduce the defect rate today, over a number of years […]